I'm emphatic when I wanna be.
I'm emphatic when I wanna be.
"Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities..."
- Voltaire
I guess I am empathetic based on context.
Sometimes people are their own worst enemy, and I find it difficult to lend an ear instead of a more-justified critical assessment. This tendency has been mellowing with age - people are going to do what they want regardless. To paraphrase one of the greats:
"Even if you burst with indignation, still they will carry on."
I'm not all rough edges, however - my last girlfriend coined me, "tenderheart bear".
SLI/ISTp -- Te subtype